CRITICAL FLUTTER VELOCITY FOR A MEMBRANE IN A NONCONSERVATIVE SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE DAMPING FORCES HAVE A DESTABILIZING EFFECT AND THAT A DISCONTINUITY APPEARS IN THE STABILITY CRITERION WHICH DEPENDS ON THE DAMPING COEFFICIENT AND IS CHARACTERISTIC OF NONCONSERVATIVE SYSTEMS. BY MEANS OF THIS THEORY, THE FLUTTER OF WEATHER VANES OR SAILS, AS WELL AS THE RELATED TRAVELING TRANSVERSE WAVES, CAN BE EXPLAINED.
Reviewer:BilalT
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September 21, 2012 Subject:
A THEORY OF CALCULATION OF FLUTTER VIBRATIONS IN SUBSONIC FLOWS (September 1, 1972)